Fresh Out of the Gate

Childhood sweethearts become strangers, and a broken relationship cannot be mended. Bad ending.

A heroine who grows over the course of the story, starting out insecure and timid before bravely pursuing what she wants, paired with her childhood friend and senior fellow disciple, who starts out innocent and cheerful before becoming possessive and dark.

Huai Xing feels like a puppet, a walking corpse, under the control of her domineering father, a martial artist. When her father arranges her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, Huai Zhou, she decisively flees their wedding to escape his control. She thinks she doesn't love Huai Zhou and believes she is in love with Li Shanhai, the head of the Longchang Escort Agency's branch in the capital.

But once she finally gains her freedom and vents her hatred of her father, her love for Huai Zhou surfaces like a stone exposed by the receding tide. By then, she and Li Shanhai are already together.

Huai Zhou never expected that bringing her to the Longchang Escort Agency to fulfill her wish would cost him her love. He tasted hatred and took on a burden of guilt. Even if he turned back, he could never regain the innocence of his youth.

Meanwhile, the Jinxiu Escort Agency has its eyes fixed on the Longchang Escort Agency, making everything even more complicated.

After time has passed, the two meet again beneath a sky filled with snow.

Huai Zhou: "How is the escort agency?"

Huai Xing: "It's fine."

Huai Zhou: "How are you?"

Huai Xing: "I'm doing pretty well, too."

Neither of them says what they really want to say. With no words to bridge the distance, they stand facing each other like strangers, speechless.

Theme: As she resists her father's tyranny, the heroine gradually grows and comes to understand her own heart, but her story is also filled with regret.